10 Saddest Jazz Band Breakups of the Golden Age (1946–1965)
Sitting In Jazz
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Some of jazz’s greatest groups disappeared while they were still creating extraordinary music. Some were pulled apart by money, addiction, or artistic differences. Others ended because of a single tragedy, leaving behind recordings that suddenly became the last time those musicians would ever play together.
In this video, we uncover 10 of the saddest jazz band breakups of the Golden Age, from Woody Herman’s First Herd, Dizzy Gillespie’s Big Band, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet to Miles Davis’ First Great Quintet, John Coltrane’s Classic Quartet, Charles Mingus’ sextet with Eric Dolphy, the Bill Evans Trio, and the Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet. These are the stories of financial collapse, addiction, musicians walking away, and sudden losses that brought some of jazz’s greatest groups to an end.
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10 Saddest Jazz Band Breakups of the Golden Age (1946–1965)
Sitting In Jazz
2,706 views
Some of jazz’s greatest groups disappeared while they were still creating extraordinary music. Some were pulled apart by money, addiction, or artistic differences. Others ended because of a single tragedy, leaving behind recordings that suddenly became the last time those musicians would ever play together.
In this video, we uncover 10 of the saddest jazz band breakups of the Golden Age, from Woody Herman’s First Herd, Dizzy Gillespie’s Big Band, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet to Miles Davis’ First Great Quintet, John Coltrane’s Classic Quartet, Charles Mingus’ sextet with Eric Dolphy, the Bill Evans Trio, and the Clifford Brown–Max Roach Quintet. These are the stories of financial collapse, addiction, musicians walking away, and sudden losses that brought some of jazz’s greatest groups to an end.